00:01Let's get started with the simple present.
00:04Now the simple present is easy to form.
00:07The only thing you need is the base verb only.
00:11That's it.
00:12For example, I swim, you swim, and so on.
00:16But don't forget, there is an exception here.
00:19The third person requires an S. So you have to say, he swims, she swims, it swims.
00:28Don't forget the S.
00:29But the other ones are all the same.
00:32The simple present is not so simple, because there are seven different uses.
00:40Yes, you heard me right, seven different ones, so it's not easy.
00:47Let's get started.
00:49The first one is habitual actions, habits, like we say, and that is the main use.
00:55That's what you probably already know.
00:57So, for example, she goes for a run every day after work.
01:02Drink, goes is the simple present.
01:06You could also say, I drink coffee for breakfast.
01:10Drink is the simple present.
01:12It is a habit.
01:17Now, if you have a general truth or a fact, you can also use the simple present.
01:24The sun rises in the east.
01:27Or, the sun sets in the west.
01:31These are facts.
01:33Another example.
01:34Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius.
01:39It is always true.
01:42We also have permanent situations, things that don't change.
01:47For example, they live in New York City.
01:50Or, she works at the hospital.
01:54It is her permanent job.
01:57Number four.
01:59Scheduled events in the near future.
02:02Watch out here.
02:03Yes, we are using the simple present for future events.
02:08And that is a little bit difficult for English students.
02:12For example, the train leaves tomorrow at 9 a.m.
02:17I know, you can see tomorrow and you're thinking, oh, we have to use the future in this case.
02:24Yes, you can also use the future.
02:27You can also say, the train is going to leave tomorrow at 9 a.m.
02:32No problem.
02:33But, many people say the train leaves tomorrow at 9 a.m.
02:37This is one of the uses of the simple present.
02:42Here's another example.
02:44We land on Monday at 7 p.m.
02:47That is the schedule.
02:49It's on my plane ticket.
02:51We land on Monday at 7 p.m.
02:54Number five.
02:56Here's a difficult one.
02:58Narrative present.
02:59This one is the storytelling present.
03:03Even though the story is past,
03:05we still use the present tense.
03:09For example,
03:11A guy walks into a bar and sees a pretty girl.
03:14Of course, this already happened because it's a story.
03:19But we still use the simple present because we want to make it more active.
03:25That's why.
03:26Here's another example.
03:28Last week, I arrive at work, I sit at my desk, and I see a giant spider.
03:48But when we use the narrative present, it makes the story a lot more interesting.
03:56Number six.
03:58Number six.
03:58We use the simple present for instructions or recipes also.
04:03Right here.
04:04First, you mix the ingredients together.
04:07Then, you bake the cake for 30 minutes.
04:13Here's another difficult one.
04:15The historical present.
04:17The historical present is similar to the narrative present because it's also related to past events.
04:23For example, the Titanic strikes an iceberg and sinks in 1912.
04:30Once again, you have the date 1912.
04:33But, in this case, we can also use the simple present.
04:38And it's called the historical present.
04:41Simple present.
04:42The simple present is used for hadits.
04:46Something that you do every day, for example.
04:49Now let's take a look at the affirmative form.
04:52You drink coffee.
04:55You drink coffee every day.
04:57It's a hadit.
04:58Yes.
04:58What is the negative form?
05:01You do not drink coffee.
05:04But you can also use a contraction.
05:07You can say, you don't drink coffee.
05:10What is the question form?
05:13Do you drink coffee?
05:15You see here, you're using the affirmative form.
05:18You drink coffee.
05:19And you just put do in front.
05:21And it makes a very nice question.
05:23It's a yes-no question.
05:25Do you drink coffee?
05:26Yes, I do.
05:27No, I don't.
05:29The simple present is a little special, however, because we say, she drinks coffee.
05:36Now you see here, we added an S. Why?
05:40Because at the third person, it requires an S. So, he drinks coffee.
05:45She drinks coffee.
05:47It drinks coffee.
05:49The negative form?
05:51She does not drink coffee.
05:53So, you see here, we're using the auxiliary do, but at the third person, he does, she does,
06:01it does.
06:02She does not drink coffee, but you can also use the contraction.
06:06She doesn't drink coffee.
06:09Now, how about the question form?
06:12Can you make it?
06:13I think you can.
06:15Does she drink coffee?
06:17It's the same as before.
06:19We take, she drinks coffee, and we add do in front, but do is stealing the S from drinks,
06:27and it becomes does.
06:30Here's one more thing that you can do.
06:33When do you drink coffee?
06:35Where do you drink coffee?
06:37Why does she drink coffee?
06:39And then you have a WH information question.
06:44You could also ask a negative question.
06:47Watch out here.
06:48You could say, don't you drink coffee?
06:51Don't you drink coffee means you're surprised that the person doesn't drink coffee.
06:58What?
06:59Don't you drink coffee?
07:01What's wrong with you?
07:03That's what it means.
07:04So watch out with the negative question form here.
07:08You could also say, doesn't she drink coffee?
07:12What's wrong with her?
07:13Same thing.
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